New Delhi: The CBI and the Enforcement Directorate are likely to file fresh status report before the Supreme Court on Thursday on their probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The investigating agencies are expected to brief a bench of justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly on the findings made by them after July 6 when the last status report was placed before the court. During the last hearing on...
05:38 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: There seems to be some relief for Unitech Wireless in the 2G spectrum allocation scam with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) saying that there was no quid pro quo by the company. The CBI in its closing argument also said that no money trail that could implicate Unitech had been found. However, since Unitech was granted licences without eligibility, the charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy still...
07:32 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday rejected the CAG report of loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer in grant of 2G spectrum licenses, saying it lacked evidenciary value as Parliament is yet to adopt the findings. "The CAG report was laid before the House on November 16, 2010. It had not been adopted by the House. It is still in a limbo as the House is...
07:52 PM, Aug 23, 2011
New Delhi: Sushil Kumar, the lawyer of DMK MP and 2G accused Kanimozhi, on Tuesday told a Delhi court that if the trial continues, he would call upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appear as a witness. "The Prime Minister, the then finance minister and the present Telecom Minister are 'good enough' as witnesses to prove that there was no loss. They are on record in Parliament that the government...
12:37 PM, Aug 23, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister MK Alagiri and his wife Kanthi on Monday met DMK MP Kanimozhi who is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G telecom spectrum scam. They met for half an hour inside the reception of Jail No 6, a Tihar official said. This is Alagiri's third visit to Tihar jail to meet his sister Kanimozhi who is in Tihar since May 21 after her arrest...
11:04 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: DMK has decided not to name new ministers to fill vacancies left by Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja and the sources say the party will reconsider this decision only after the ruling on Kanimozhi's bail plea and so will maintain status quo. The party also didn't decide on Karunanidhi's successor, for now the Kalaignar will lead the party. Interestingly, Union minister MK Azhagiri skipped the second round of...
09:05 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Coimbatore: Meeting after the electoral rout and in the middle of a succession battle within, the DMK on Sunday announced that M Karunanidhi will continue to lead the party and made no change to its alliance with the Congress. The 2-day General Council, which began on Saturday, also remained silent on replacements in the Union Cabinet for two of its nominees, A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran who quit over the...
04:48 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Coimbatore: The DMK's General Council will meet again in Coimbatore on Sunday amid differences between party patriarch M Karunanidhi's sons MK Alagiri and Stalin, who threaten to turn it into a stormy affair. Stalin's supporters want him to take over the mantle of the party, but Alagiri on the other hand wants their father to continue leading the party. Differences have also surfaced over the party's functioning during and after...
07:28 AM, Jul 24, 2011
Chennai: The DMK is convening its two-day General Council and Executive Council meet in Coimbatore this weekend to counter Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's attack on land-grab allegation, even as the party prepares for a face-off between Karunanidhi's sons Stalin and Azhagiri. This is DMK's first official gathering since it lost in the Assembly elections and after Kanimozhi's arrest in the 2G case. The meeting also comes at time when relations...
11:09 AM, Jul 23, 2011
Chennai: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday enquired about jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi, with her father and DMK president M Karunanidhi. In a telephonic conversation the DMK patriarch had with Rajinikanth, who returned home on Wednesday night from Singapore after undergoing treatment for reported kidney-related ailments, Karunanidhi enquired about the actor's health and the medical treatment he had underwent. "Rajini thanked Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) and enquired about his health and about Kanimozhi's...
09:31 PM, Jul 14, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to begin hearing from July 11 arguments on framing of charges in the high-profile 2G spectrum case in which DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja are among the accused. Special Judge OP Saini, who is dealing exclusively with the 2G case, on Tuesday said the arguments on framing charges could commence from July 11 and warned the prosecution and the...
06:55 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: The hearing in the 2G spectrum scam, which was held up due to the summer break in the district courts in New Delhi, is all set to resume on Monday. The high-profile accused in the case, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and 11 others, will appear before special CBI judge OP Saini, who is exclusively dealing with the...
10:27 AM, Jul 03, 2011
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12:02 AM, Jul 02, 2011
BJP leader Jaswant Singh has virtually gone against his party line and questioned the manner in which DMK MP Kanimozhi and other 2G spectrum scam accused have been denied bail. Speaking to CNN-IBN Singh said that bail can't be denied while the trial in the case is still on. He further said that putting the accused in jail is affecting investments in India. Singh added that he is saddened and...
03:31 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI will soon send a formal request to Switzerland to help the agency in tracking down the alleged money trail of Swan Telecom, a company chargesheeted in the allocation of 2G spectrum. CBI sources said this was decided after documents received from Mauritius indicated flow of money to other European countries considered as tax havens. They said Letters Rogatory (LR) will be sent to Switzerland authorities to...
07:17 PM, Jun 27, 2011
New Delhi: DMK leader MK Stalin on Monday met his half-sister and party MP Kanimozhi, arrested in connection with the 2G scam, at Tihar jail in New Delhi. Stalin, who flew in from Chennai this morning, met Kanimozhi at the Tihar jail accompanied by DMK Parliamentary Party Leader TR Baalu and MP AKS Vijayan. The atmosphere was emotionally-charged, and Stalin and Kanimozhi were seen talking to each other for some...
06:07 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Chennai: DMK treasurer M K Stalin on Monday left for New Delhi, where he is likely to meet his half-sister and party MP Kanimozhi, currently lodged in Tihar jail for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Stalin's visit to Delhi comes a week after his father and DMK chief M Karunanidhi met Kanimozhi at the Tihar jail. Stalin, also DMK's Legislature Party Leader, left by a government...
09:44 AM, Jun 27, 2011
New Delhi: For 43-year-old Kanimozhi, her days in the 15 ft x10 ft solitary cell in India's most secured prison are spent mostly pining, and sometimes crying for her son or reading newspapers and writing, jail sources said. Her ever-present smile has also disappeared with time, especially after the Supreme Court rejected her bail plea. These days the Rajya Sabha MP looks pale, sad and in despair, the sources told,...
11:02 AM, Jun 26, 2011
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday alleged CBI was 'trying to prove' false reports about Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case and said there was no problem in DMK-Congress ties. In his interaction with reporters on his return from Delhi, where he met Kanimozhi in Tihar jail, Karunanidhi said his daughter was shut in the prison in a "inhuman manner". He said Kanimozhi was suffering from blisters...
10:38 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: For a second time in a month, an emotional M Karunanidhi met his daughter Kanimozhi, arrested in the 2G spectrum scam case, at the Tihar jail on Tuesday and spent nearly 45 minutes with her. The 88-year-old DMK President drove to the jail at around 4.30 PM accompanied by his wife Rajathi Ammal, his son and Union Minister M K Alagiri. Karunanidhi, who arrived on Tuesday, met Kanimozhi...
07:42 PM, Jun 21, 2011
